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- ↓ 0.08
- ꩜ 0.46
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{G} → Poisonpowder : 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
{G}{G} → Razor Leaf : 30
illus. Kagemaru Himeno
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It spits out poisonpowder to immobilize the enemy, and then finishes the enemy with a spray of acid.
SquirtleGlasses
There’s a bird in this artwork. Animals that aren’t Pokemon confirmed.
Twylis
This is the case with a lot of gen I art, which often depict small animals like birds, fish, crabs, and butterflies. There’s also non-TCG promotional art depicting a dog, even, and references to Indian elephants have persisted in Gastly and Raichu’s dex entries even into Sun and Moon. Plus many instances in the anime.
My stance is that real-life animals were originally intended to co-exist with pokemon early in the franchise, but gradually got abandoned in favor of an all-pokemon world as more species were created. Aside from “environmental” animals like coral and starfish, real-life animals pretty much never show up anymore.
Bulbapedia has an article covering the topic:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Animals_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_world